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TYPES AND BREEDS 



What few Orloffs have come to this country have been con- 

 sidered as heavy harness horses, and the breed is therefore classed 

 in this division, leaving the Standardbred supreme in the light 

 harness division (Fig. 78). 



AMERICAN' OAEEIAGE HORSE 



The United States Government has taken advantage of the 

 fact that it is not unusual to find a trotting-bred horse conform- 

 ing to heavy harness specifications and that certain blood lines 

 are most uniformly productive of this type (Fig. 79), to as- 



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Fig. 80. — Pair of trotting-bred heavy harness horses to George IV phaeton. Undefeated 

 in their day, either single, as a pair, or tandem, by representatives of any other heavy harness 

 breed. 



semble such representatives as are available, for the foundation 

 of an American CaiTiage Horse breed. It will apparently yet 

 require many generations of selective breeding before these 

 horses can fulfil the requirements of a breed. 



Trotting-bred heavy harness horses are better qualified to 

 meet " pace and action " requirements than they are those of the 

 high stepping classes (Fig. 80) . Their action is frequently unbal- 

 anced, being deficient in hocks, but they can step' away. 



